这几年,我在参加《教育大辞典》编纂的过程中,本着“从搜集资料入手”的方针,了解到有一千余年发展历史的中国书院制度,为我们留下了十分丰富的遗产。为了使这份遗产能为今日所用,能在教育领域普及这方面的历史知识,并争取在文化输出方面起到一点作用,我曾约请了国内一些对中国书院研究取得丰硕成果的专家,编纂一部《中国书院辞典》。八十高龄的季羡林教授,专为此书写 In the course of compiling the “Education Dictionary” in recent years, I learned from the guideline of “collecting information from the beginning,” that I learned that the Chinese academy system with a history of more than 1,000 years has left us a very rich heritage. In order to make this heritage available for use today, we can popularize this historical knowledge in the field of education and strive to play a role in cultural exports. I have invited some experts in the country who have made fruitful achievements in the study of Chinese academies and compiled a Department “Chinese Academy Dictionary”. Eighty old Professor Ji Xianlin, written for this purpose